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Comment
. 2021 Aug;290(2):462-463.
doi: 10.1111/joim.13247. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Long-term recovery from COVID-19 anosmia: Promising findings and unanswered questions

Luca Giovanni Locatello  1 , Oreste Gallo  1   2
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Long-term recovery from COVID-19 anosmia: Promising findings and unanswered questions

Luca Giovanni Locatello et al. J Intern Med. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

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